**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 02, 2018, 22:24

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 02, 2018, 22:24

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

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Fairy wand currently on: GEOS programming guide

Website: https://thornton2.com/ArielMT

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  ✨ Kind 'Net Help Desk fairy by day. ✨
  ✨ Weird & furry Unix fairy by night. ✨
✨ Sometimes a retrocomputer fairy. ✨
  ✨ Pays the ComputerFairi.es bills. ✨
✨ Sparkly✨shellscript✨princess. ✨
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✨ the Intel 4004 & Unix 1st Edition. ✨
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Oct 02, 2018, 22:24

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Now I'm troubleshooting a laptop keyboard. Among the unresponsive keys: the one that gives BIOS settings access during POST.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 02, 2018, 22:18

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 02, 2018, 22:18

Oct 02, 2018, 22:18

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

I can only hope to someday close nested blocks with that degree of both seriousness and frivolity.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 02, 2018, 19:18

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**Joseph** @josephobriot@aleph.land · Oct 02, 2018, 19:18

Oct 02, 2018, 19:18

Joseph @josephobriot@aleph.land

coworker : Do you have any time to -

me : SHUT UP LET ME WORK

also me :

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 02, 2018, 03:11

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**random colour contrasts** @accessibleColors@botsin.space · Oct 02, 2018, 03:11

Oct 02, 2018, 03:11

random colour contrasts @accessibleColors@botsin.space

Golden Fizz #E2ED0E
Dark Blue #161EE0

(Contrast ratio: 7.1:1 | AAA)

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 02, 2018, 00:17

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 02, 2018, 00:17

Oct 02, 2018, 00:17

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

The scarf in LB

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 02, 2018, 00:00

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**headpats bot** @headpats_bot@mastodon.social · Oct 02, 2018, 00:00

Oct 02, 2018, 00:00

headpats bot @headpats_bot@mastodon.social

http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/2980652
source: http://drawr.net/show.php?id=6431068

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 23:30

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 23:30

Oct 01, 2018, 23:30

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Back to repairing the HP laptop. How worried should I be that a replacement CPU has used thermal paste on it that was never cleaned off? It's an AMD.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 23:28

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 23:28

Oct 01, 2018, 23:28

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

That SuperCPU I stumbled across sold for $2,524, more than 12 times its original retail price. That's absurd.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 01, 2018, 20:12

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**Penny Merman** @idesofmerch@mastodon.social · Oct 01, 2018, 20:12

Oct 01, 2018, 20:12

Penny Merman @idesofmerch@mastodon.social

*Dracula voice* Velcome to TRUCK MONTH

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 20:16

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 20:16

Oct 01, 2018, 20:16

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

$ find $HOME -mtime -1w -size +100M -ls
983935 732401 -rw------- 1 arielmt arielmt 1015803904 Sep 26 19:40 /home/arielmt/firefox.core.onegig
954267 172089 -rw------- 1 arielmt arielmt 311705600 Sep 28 11:56 /home/arielmt/firefox.core
$

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 01, 2018, 15:13

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**Command Line Magic** @climagic@mastodon.social · Oct 01, 2018, 15:13

Oct 01, 2018, 15:13

Command Line Magic @climagic@mastodon.social

find /home -mtime -1 -size +100M -ls # Try to figure out what recently used file might have just filled up the /home partition by finding files modified in the last day that are larger than 100M just to narrow it down.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 19:28

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 19:28

Oct 01, 2018, 19:28

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

I forgot that the Apple Lisa Office System did this, too, in a much more flexible way. You have to copy the blank template icon to a new file icon, rename & move the icon to where you want it to live, & *then* you can open it to start editing the document.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 01, 2018, 04:43

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**Incineroar liker** @bunnylyn@glitch.social · Oct 01, 2018, 04:43

Oct 01, 2018, 04:43

Incineroar liker @bunnylyn@glitch.social

US Pol

Republicans: States should have more freedom in their laws and shouldn't be micromanaged by the federal government!
California: OK, we're going to make our own laws to protect net neutrality!
Republicans: No not like that!

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 16:53

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 16:53

Oct 01, 2018, 16:53

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

I'd boost the whole thread if it wasn't bad etiquette.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 01, 2018, 16:26

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**Tahajin** @tahajin@mastodon.social · Oct 01, 2018, 16:26

Oct 01, 2018, 16:26

Tahajin @tahajin@mastodon.social

No, help, I'm thinking about datacats now and nothing's alleviating it.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 16:38

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 16:38

Oct 01, 2018, 16:38

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

I wish someone made text editors & word processors that make you name & file the files you edit first, so that they would then be auto-saved without having to think about it.

The only ones that ever did (that I'm aware of) were geoWrite & geoWrite 128, bundled with GEOS versions for the Commodore 64, the Commodore 128, & the Apple II-series.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 16:32

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 16:32

Oct 01, 2018, 16:32

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

A unique feature of freeway-bypassed cities: There are horseapples in the office complex parking lot.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 01, 2018, 08:14

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**Grumpsec Spottycat** @kyhwana@mastodon.social · Oct 01, 2018, 08:14

Oct 01, 2018, 08:14

Grumpsec Spottycat @kyhwana@mastodon.social

RT @s7ephen@twitter.com
"Information Security"

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 07:38

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 07:38

Oct 01, 2018, 07:38

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Please don't leave a Commodore 64 out in the middle of a field for who knows how many decades. But if you find one that was, please don't write it off as beyond hope, either. https://youtu.be/wVphFkaX1gg

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 06:37

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 01, 2018, 06:37

Oct 01, 2018, 06:37

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

A point & click graphical user interface is not automatically better than the command line interface.

I counted & timed each at my fastest, most mistake-free.

A mistake on the CLI just needs me to use the backspace key until the wrong letters are deleted.

A mistake in the GUI means taking time to recognize that the wrong GUI choices are up, to understand why or what I mis-clicked on, to remember how to back up, & to decide whether to back up or cancel & start over.

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